Garment hanger



.April 13 1926. 1,580,839

.L T. MCKENNA GARMENT HANGER Filed May 12. 1924 IN VEN TOR.

Patented Apr. 13, 1926.

JOI-IN T. MCKENNA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMEN'I HANGER. l

Application mea May 12, 1924. serial No. 712,507.

To all whom. 'it may concern.'

'Be it known that I, J oHN T. -MCKENNA, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Yorlccity, county and State of New York,

haveinvented a certain new and useful Garment Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

y This invention is a garment hanger adapted to support coat and trousers or vest and trousers. The construction consists in two supporting elements, one of which is adapted to support a coat or vest and the other of which is mounted on the first supporting element and is adapted tosupport the trousers. vThe invention is particularly directed -to novel andefficient means for detachably mounting the trouser supporting element on the coator vest supporting element to provide a simple and economical assembly, highly eflicient for its intended purposes and convement and accessible in use.

In one of its preferrel practical forms, the invention embodies a coat or vest hanger comprising laterally extending arms and associated with the opposite ends of these arms are depending loops preferably of flexible character. The trouser support is in the form of a rod provided adjacent its opposite ends with circumferential grooves and the rod is adapte-d to be passed through the loops until the loops engage the circumferential grooves so that in this manner the trouser rod is vsupported by the loops. The loops may be of any suitable material, but it is found in practice that they may be conveniently formed from cord and in the preferred embodiments of the invention, the arms of the vest or coat hanger are so constituted that the opposite ends of each cord may be knotted or tied together and the knots concealed from View so as to produce a neat and pleasing appearance.

The advantage of the construction aside from its economy of manufacture is that it allows the trousers to hang freely and enables the rod to be readily attached and detached when desired.

Features of the invention, other than those adverted to, will be apparent from the hereinafter detailed description and claims, when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

The accompanying drawings illustrate different practical embodiments of the invention, but the constructions therein shown are to be understood as illustrative, only,

and not as defining the limits of the inven` tion.

Figure l is a perspective view of a coatl hanger embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is a section perspective onthe line 2-2 of Figure l; and,

. Figures 3, and 4 are views similar to Figure 2, but showing modified forms of the construction.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a hanger shaped to support a coat or vest and provided with laterally extending arms 2 suitably configurated to enable it to properly vperform its function. supporting rod provided adjacent its Oppesite ends with circumferential grooves t.

In 'the variousI figures 4of the drawings, different ways are shown for supporting the rod 3 from the hanger l. In Figures 1` and 3 is a trouser (lll 2, each ofthe arms 2 of the hangenl is shown as provided adjacent its end with a pocket 5 extending upwardly .into the arm from the under side thereof and a hole 6 is bored through each arm and intersects the pocket. A cord 7 is formed into a loop by passing the free ends of the cord through the opposite ends of the hole 6 and uniting these ends with a knot 8 positioned within the pocket 5 as shown in Figure 2. The cord loops 7 thus formed depend from the arms 2 and serve as a support for the rod 3.

Under normal conditions, these loops are ,l

adapted to engage the grooves l in such manner asto preclude inadvertent displacement of the rod. However, when it is desired to remove the rod, it may be lifted yslightly to permit the loops 7 to be swung free from thev ends of the rod and to thus discngage the rod from the said loops.

In the modified form of the construction t shown in Figure 3, the arms 2 of the hanger l are provided with pockets 5 in the same manner as shown in Figure l and a hole corresponding to the hole 6 is bored through each arm. In this hole is positioned a pin or dowel 9 and the cord is tied around this dowel on the interior of the pocket, so that the knot is concealed while the loop 7 hangs unobstructedly from each arm and is adapted for engagement with the trouser supporting rod. In the construction of Figure 4 two holes 6 and 6l are provided in each arm and intersect the pocket 5. The cord is looped as heretofore to form a loop 7, While the opposite ends of the cord are passed inwardly through the opposite ends of the hole 6 into the pocket 5. The cord is then passed upwardly in the pocket and its free ends passed outwardly through the hole Ga and thereupon provided with knots 10 which preclude the withdrawal of the free ends of the cord and provide a permanent loop 7 at the end of each arm 2 which functions to support the rod in the same mann-er as hereinbefore described. The knots 10 may be received in countersunk portions 101 at the opposite ends of the hole 6a.

In the several forms of the invention thusA far described, cord is employed for the formation of the loops 7 and this is a very satisfactory construction. Rawhide, tape or other suitable flexible material may be employed in this connection, but I prefer that the loops are iiexible in that a flexible loop is more readily passed over the rod and more positively supports it while permitting of yielding coaction between the trouser supporting rod and the hanger 1.

The hanger 2 may be provided with any suitable suspension member whereby it may be hung from a fixed support but'for the purpose of illustration I have shown a novel and highly efiicient suspension means. The means illustrated is in the form of a metallic strap 12, the intermediate portion of which is adapt-ed t0 be received within a vertical channel 13 formed in one face of the hanger. The upper portion of the strap is bent to form a hook 14 to engage a suitable permanent support while the lower end of the strap 12 is bent rearwardly under the central portion of the hanger 1 as shown at 15 to form a seaton which the hanger is adapted to rest. At th-e rear end of this seat, the strap is bent downwardly as at 16 and then forwardly at 17 to provide a hook portion on which any desirable article may be hung. The intermediate portion of the strap is provided with elongated slots 18 through which screws 19 may be passed so as to enter the base of the channel 13. The purpose of these screws is to bind theI hanger 1 to the strap while the purpose of the elongated slots 18 is to permit the hanger to seat on the part 15 so that the weight imposed on the hanger is carried by the seat 15 and is not imposed directly upon, the screws as has heretofore usually b-een the case. This construction is a very strong and durable arrangement and there is no tendency of the screws to pull out .even when very heavy garments are hung upon the hanger since the entire weight of the garm-ent is carried on the. seat 15.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. fin assembly of the character described embodying a coat or vest hanger provided in one face thereofl with a substantially upright channel, a metallic strap seated in the channel and provided with elongated slots, screws passed through said slots into the hanger, said strap being provided on its upper portion with a hook shaped portion and at its lower portion with a seat adapted to engage the unde-r side of the hanger, a trouser supporting rod, and loops mounted on the hanger and depending` therefrom to engage the opposite ends of the rod and detachably support the rod on the hanger.

2. In an assembly of the character described, a hanger provided with rigid laterally projecting arms adapted to support a coat or vest, each of which arms is provided on its under side with a pocket, a cord loop extending into each pocket and perlnanently secured therein with the loops de-A pending exteriorly of the pockets to support a rod at a fixed predetermined distance below the hanger, and a. trouser supporting rod, the opposite end portions of which are adapted to seat in the cord loops, and means for precluding inadvertent slipping of the loops from the end of the rod.

8. In an assembly of the character described, a hanger provided with laterally projecting arms adapted collectively to support a coat or vest, a separate and district length of cord permanently secured to each arm andv depending from each arm in the form of a closed loop, said loops being adapted to collectively support a rod at a fixed predetermined distance below the hanger, and a trouser supporting rod the opposite end portions of which are passed through the loops and are supported from the hanger thereby, said rod being contigurated to preclude inadvertent slipping of the loops off the ends of the rod.

In testimony whereof I have signed the foregoing specification.

JOHN T. MCKENNA. 

